January 23, 2012 8:08 PM
Posted by: Christina Torode
CIO,
COI role,
consumerization of IT,
endpoint security,
extended enterprise,
securing the extended enterprise,
Web 2.0It's a given that the days of worrying about only what is within your four walls are long gone. Outsourcing took care of that a long time ago. The reach of the CIO domain is going beyond even that relationship, however, and into the "extended enterprise," as some are calling it.
External...
January 19, 2012 8:38 PM
Posted by: Linda Tucci
CIOs,
consumerization of IT,
IT hiringShould IT organizations hire consumer advocates? The idea came up at our company's annual editorial meeting during a panel discussion involving our own CIO, his senior director of IT operations and the chief information security officer (CISO) of the largest protected health information data...
January 16, 2012 6:21 PM
Posted by: Christina Torode
CIO,
Cloud computing,
consumerization of IT,
rogue technology,
rouge IT,
shadow IT,
shared servicesOne of my favorite movies is Poltergeist, with its never-ending quotable lines. "What's happening?" probably is the most famous; but my favorite is when actress Zelda Rubinstein, who plays the spiritualist Tangina, claims, "This house is clean." Not so, if you follow the movie, the premise...
January 12, 2012 4:26 PM
Posted by: Karen Goulart
CIO,
IT financial management,
IT investments,
monetizing IT,
value of ITIt's a question as old as information technology itself: "How do I prove the value of my technology investments to the business?" What makes the question so vexing is...
January 10, 2012 9:38 PM
Posted by: Christina Torode
CIO,
Cloud computing,
IT chargeback,
IT services,
private cloud,
shared servicesThe subject of shared services led to a lively debate about the need for IT chargeback -- and, to put it bluntly, the strain and pain it puts on IT and business departments.
To back up a bit:...
January 5, 2012 6:24 PM
Posted by: Christina Torode
CIO,
desktop virtualization,
endpoint security,
endpoint security toolsSecurity investments and priorities are a tricky thing to nail down, given that threats are constantly shifting, but one security precaution could be going the way of the dodo bird.
Michael Daly, deputy CISO at Raytheon Co., tells me the buzz at shows and security groups is about getting...
January 5, 2012 2:42 PM
Posted by: Karen Goulart
CIO,
IT as a service,
IT service management,
IT services broker,
ITSM,
services brokerWhat's in a name? Sure, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet -- but what about a CIO? If you referred to him or her as a services broker, what would change? On SearchCIO.com you'll find my story on the growing trend of businesses of all sizes adopting the
